Television

The San Francisco Giants and broadcast partners NBC Bay Area, Telemundo 48 Area de la Bahia (KSTS) and CSN Bay Area will mark this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month with a first-time, live, Spanish- language telecast of a Giants’ game. 

Belia Jimenez has been named to Vice President of Corporate Research at Univision Communications Inc. (UCI).

ESPN Deportes will offer exclusive coverage of 2015 FIBA Americas.

Social media activity about live TV programming ebbs and flows as each program airs, signaling, according to recent research, how engaged the general audience is with what they’re watching.

MundoMax, the newly-rebranded U.S.-based Spanish-language broadcast network 100% owned and operated by media conglomerate RCN Television Group, and Meruelo Media, announced an enhanced partnership in Los Angeles and Houston.

Telemundo 51 Fresno / KNSO announced that it’s first-ever local newscast – Noticiero Telemundo Valle Central – is scheduled to begin airing on Tuesday, September 1st.

Univision Digital, the digital arm of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), announced the premiere of season two of its original digital series #DAElReality, a behind-the-scenes look at the Univision Network’s morning show “Despierta América”.

Comcast Cable announced the company is now accepting proposals for two substantially Hispanic American owned, independent English-language networks that it will launch in select Comcast markets by January 28, 2017.

TELEMUNDO will broadcast the first ever “Latin American Music Awards” live from the prestigious Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 9pm/8c.

MEXICANAL celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.

Ruiz will oversee all aspects of station operations including Ad Sales, Marketing, News, Production and Promotions for Univision owned and operated television station, KUTH Univision 32, in Salt Lake City.

Univision Network’s latest telenovela “Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse” (Italian Girl Comes to Wed) takes viewers to Italy in one of this year’s most romantic love stories about a beautiful and heroic Italian girl who accepts a marriage proposal far from her native land in order to save her dying sister, knowing that this decision will change her life forever.

Pasiones TV network  is unveiling a brand new logo, on-air look and graphics package.

As the upfront finishes, we see not only flat and declining sales, but also how this impacts media stock values. While I am no longer a TV network executive, I am an informed advocate of the industry as well as an investor in many media companies. So I have a vested interest in the health of the business and in the success of those working hard to make their companies profitable.   

Telemundo Boston / WNEU announced that its first-ever live local newscasts – Noticiero Telemundo Boston – are slated to begin airing on Monday, August 17.

Alphas will air weekly on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT after Battlestar Galactica, the classic cult series that continues to conquer audiences across languages and cultures.

In this new role, Flaster will lead the TELEMUNDO network’s business planning process and identify strategies and opportunities to increase the commercial appeal of the network, while providing support to NBC UNIVERSO and Digital & Emerging Platforms.

Telemundo 39 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXTX announced that Sandra Thomas has been named Vice President of News for the station.

Telemundo announced it will honor Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, at its 2015 “Premios Tu Mundo” for his lifelong contributions to Spanish-language television and popular culture around the world.

It’s been a tough 24 hours for TV companies in the U.S. Ever since Disney’s earnings call Wednesday that warned about network affiliate fees going forward, the stock market has been brutal on all TV companies, even those that surprised with better earnings that investors expected.